indian

Everyday

1. From or to do with India, a large country in South Asia: Indian food, Indian languages. tree →
2. An Indian is a person from India. tree →
3. The Indian Ocean lies south of India, between Africa and Australia. tree →
4. Older word for the native peoples of the Americas; today "Native American", "First Nations" or the name of the people is preferred. tree →

In the lessons

In geography, India is the country with the most people in the world; the Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean. In everyday life, Indian food such as curry, dal and naan is popular in the UK, Australia, Canada and elsewhere. In history, Columbus wrongly called the people of the Americas "Indians" because he thought he had reached India. Phrases: Indian Ocean, Indian food, Indian summer, American Indian.

Examples

• My friend's family is Indian. tree →
• We had Indian food for dinner. tree →
• The Indian Ocean is warm. tree →
• Hindi is one of the Indian languages. tree →
• Columbus thought he had reached India. tree →
• In Canada we say First Nations for the original peoples. tree →

Note

Always written with a capital I: Indian. Use "an": an Indian restaurant. Respect: for the first peoples of North America, say "Native American" (USA) or "First Nations", "Inuit" and "Métis" (Canada), or use the people's own name. An "Indian summer" means warm weather in autumn.

In Jewish tradition

In geography, India is the country with the most people in the world; the Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean. In everyday life, Indian food such as curry, dal and naan is popular in the UK, Australia, Canada and elsewhere. In history, Columbus wrongly called the people of the Americas "Indians" because he thought he had reached India. Phrases: Indian Ocean, Indian food, Indian summer, American Indian.

Examples

• Various sources such as Egyptian, Indian, Greek, Phoenician, Hebrew, etc., have been advanced as the origin of the Pythagorean philosophy. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Astle, The Origin and Progress of Writing, London 1784, p. 41: rhu!', IX, 354, 439). <)r he could have meant Jewish astronomers like JIashallah, who was called by Abraham ibn Eira an Indian sage (mr; Din) (see M. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Always written with a capital I: Indian. Use "an": an Indian restaurant. Respect: for the first peoples of North America, say "Native American" (USA) or "First Nations", "Inuit" and "Métis" (Canada), or use the people's own name. An "Indian summer" means warm weather in autumn.